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AI Music Video Credit Calculator

Estimate the credits and rough cost to render your music video on Seedance — by song length and resolution. Then use the probe-then-strike trick to spend a fraction of it.

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Money-saving move: before you render the full song, cut a ~28-second excerpt and render that at 480p first (about 55 credits) to test your prompt. Only fire the full render once it looks right. It's the single biggest way to avoid wasting credits — full details in the free Director's Guide.
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How Seedance pricing works

Seedance's Music-to-Video mode charges by the second of your audio: about 2 credits/second at 480p and 4 credits/second at 720p, with 1080p higher. The exact total always shows before you press Generate, and failed renders are refunded automatically. Credits cost roughly $0.04–$0.07 each depending on your plan (from $9.90/month), and there's a free credit to claim every day. This calculator uses ~$0.05/credit as a mid-plan estimate — check the live meter for your exact cost.

Want the full playbook for directing renders that don't look like everyone else's? The free Director's Guide has the scene-description template, camera vocabulary, and the probe-then-strike strategy.